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摘要

Bradford's 1930s Odeon cinema could turn out to be a surprise success story of the recent financial turmoil. Not because its long-awaited redevelopment happened, but because it didn't. Closed since 2000, the much-loved, slightly stubby, Renaissance Revival cinema, with its famous cupola-topped towers, had been controversially earmarked for demolition. It was due to be replaced by a bland, could-be-anywhere, office-led scheme by Carey Jones Architects - until the recession claimed it.